Endangered Species Pathfinder

Welcome to our Endangered Species Pathfinder. The first step to help keep species alive is knowledge. The more you know, the better you will be able to help. There is a variety of valid information below including books, magazines, newspapers, and website.

Learn all you can!


Note for ebooks: The ebooks are linked to the library. All you need to do is click on the Read Online button to start reading. If you need to print something, just click on the page you want to print and the print button will appear.


Getting Started


Will We Miss Them? Endangered Species

(ebook)

Introduces children to the lives and challenges of endangered species from the perspective of an eleven-year-old author.

A Kid's Guide to How to Save the Animals

Bald eagles: a chemical nightmare




Databases


Databases are available from our ASW Library page. You will find magazines, newspapers, nonfiction books, dictionaries
and online encyclopedias in the databases.

Check your Moodle classroom page to find the user names and passwords needed to use the databases from home.

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http://www.fotosearch.com/photos-images/endangered-species.html

Search Terms Endangered Species, Extinction

Online Encyclopedia

Online Encyclopedias are a great place to get some basic facts about a topic. They are especially useful when you are beginning a project or you need to find out about something you don't know much about. Go to these online encyclopedias.

Grolier See New Book of Knowledge and New Book of Popular Science

Magazine Articles

To read magazine articles, go to these databases:
Facts for Learning

Facts for Learning articles you might be interested in
Are Manatees Out of Danger?
Death of the Blue Whale
Chasing Cheetahs
Sperm Whales: How Close to Extinction?
Old and Endangered: Giant Tortoises of the Galápagos

SIRS Discoverer

Magazine Article to Get Started

Want to learn some basic facts to get started? Here are some good articles:
Endangered Species

Websites


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http://www.fotosearch.com/photos-images/endangered-species.html

Bald Eagle

Bats

Bears

Eagles

Elephants

Giant Pandas

Koalas

Lemurs

Orangutans

Polar Bears

Red Pandas

Rhinoceros

Seals

Wolves